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Voronet Monastery
UNESCO-listed painted monastery in Bucovina, noted for the intense blue of its exterior Last Judgement fresco.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Suceava, Romania · Europe
Scheia sits on the route: 10 minutes from Mihoveni, 55km from Transrarău.
Scheia is a town located in Suceava, Romania. With a population of 7,533, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Scheia sits in Romania, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Bucharest time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Scheia to your route.
The Armenian monastery of Suceava, also known as "Zamca", is a monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, dating from the 15th century, in the town of Suceava in northern Romania's Bukovina district.
The monastery was completed in the early 15th century, during the reign of Moldavian Hospodar Alexandru I Mușat. ItRead more
was built as the bishop's seat for the local Armenian Church in 1401, which was founded by Alexandru I. Saint Auxentius Church was designed to be the center of the complex. The church was renovated or rebuilt in 1606, when a number of other structures were added, among them the belltower, the gate, and a residential structure with a chapel dedicated to Gregory the Illuminator, all of which survive to this day. The church's interior was decorated with murals in the 18th century.
When James Louis Sobieski (1667–1737) attempted to ascend to the Moldavian throne, he used the monastery as his base of operations. In 1690 it became the headquarters of the Polish Army for all of their operations in Moldavia related to Poland's participation in the War of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire. Staying at the monastery for several years, the Poles built an extensive network of bastion fortifications, which are well preserved to this day. The monastery's popular name, "Zamca", likely comes from this period; it is derived from zamek, the Polish word for castle.
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Scheia is located in Suceava, Romania, Europe. The coordinates are 47.6500 latitude, 26.2333 longitude.
Scheia has a population of approximately 7,533 people, making it a town in Romania.
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cathedral
UNESCO-listed painted monastery in Bucovina, noted for the intense blue of its exterior Last Judgement fresco.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Extraordinary UNESCO-listed 15th-century monasteries covered in vivid exterior frescoes depicting biblical scenes that have survived centuries of weather.
43 km · about 50 min drive
famous road
Steep, twisting mountain road (DJ175B) climbing the Rarău Massif in Bucovina to the Rarău chalet and the jagged Pietrele Doamnei rock towers: a compact, lesser-known rival to the Transfăgărășan.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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